County vs. Shire

Countynoun

(historical) The land ruled by a count or a countess.

Countynoun

An administrative region of various countries, including Bhutan, Canada, China, Croatia, France, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, South Korea, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Countynoun

A definitive geographic region, without direct administrative functions.

Countynoun

A jail operated by a county government.

Countyadjective

Characteristic of a ‘county family’; representative of the gentry or aristocracy of a county.

Countynoun

An earldom; the domain of a count or earl.

Countynoun

A circuit or particular portion of a state or kingdom, separated from the rest of the territory, for certain purposes in the administration of justice and public affairs; - called also a shire. See Shire.

Countynoun

A count; an earl or lord.

Countynoun

a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government;

Countynoun

the largest administrative district within a state;

County

A county is a geographical region of a country used for administrative or other purposes in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French conté or cunté denoting a jurisdiction under the sovereignty of a count (earl) or a viscount.

Shirenoun

Physical area administered by a sheriff.

Shirenoun

Former administrative area of Britain; a county.

Shirenoun

The general area in which a person lives or comes from, used in the context of travel within the United Kingdom.

Shirenoun

A rural or outer suburban local government area of Australia.

Shirenoun

A shire horse.

Shireverb

To (re)constitute as one or more shires or counties.

Shirenoun

A portion of Great Britain originally under the supervision of an earl; a territorial division, usually identical with a county, but sometimes limited to a smaller district; as, Wiltshire, Yorkshire, Richmondshire, Hallamshire.

Shirenoun

A division of a State, embracing several contiguous townships; a county.

Shirenoun

a former administrative district of England; equivalent to a county

Shirenoun

British breed of large heavy draft horse

Shire

A shire is a traditional term for a division of land, found in Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand and some other English-speaking countries. It was first used in Wessex from the beginning of Anglo-Saxon settlement, and spread to most of the rest of England in the tenth century.